Hearth Notes - Vol I — Farai Harreld

I find myself adjusting well to the seesawing weather temperatures we are experiencing in Kansas right now. My facebook memories today shows me that last year I did not take the shift with as much grace.

We are in the middle of redoing the flooring of our entire home as baby begins his first attempts at crawling. In a few words, our home has descended into chaos. Tony is doing the flooring job on his own, and this is his first time doing flooring work of any kind. Thankfully, he has mastered it.

the hardware store has been our second home

We have been going room by room- moving everything out, then once its compelete, moving everything back in. I am taking this time to answer the siren song of spring cleaning. I am decluttering, and honestly I am trying to be as vicious as possible. I want to return to bare bones of my minimalism days where I truly only had what I needed and what brought me joy and nothing else.

Motherhood, and some minor emergency preparedness attempts have had seen me lean away from some of my original preferences but i’m decluttering. Everything is getting evaluated. Children’s toys, homeschool supplies, and kitchen utensils too. As I

I am thankful for community however, because I cannot do this without my friends. Renovation is dusty, dirty, work and my friends having been watching my children, and letting me camp out in their homes, keeping me company, working with me, and dropping off donation boxes.

A word of caution - we are in this mess because of trusting a scammer contractor many years ago. Check reviews friends, cheaper is not always worth it, it may cost you later in the long run. We learned that the hard way.

Spring always finds me stocking up on all the herbal remedies necessary for a first aid kit. After securing some splinters and cuts during this floor renovation process I am looking forward to restocking my herbal remedy based first aid kit. I’ve wanted to share this process for years. Maybe this will be the year!